1. (使)粉碎;(使)破碎;(使)碎裂 If something shatters or is shattered, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
e.g. ...safety glass that won't shatter if it's broken... 被打破后也不會(huì )碎裂的安全玻璃 e.g. The car shattered into a thousand burning pieces in a 200mph crash... 汽車(chē)在時(shí)速為 200 英里時(shí)發(fā)生撞車(chē),炸成了數以千計燃燒的碎片。
shattering ...the shattering of glass. 玻璃的破碎
2. 使(夢(mèng)想、希望或信念)粉碎;(使)破滅 If something shatters your dreams, hopes, or beliefs, it completely destroys them.
e.g. A failure would shatter the hopes of many people... 一次失敗會(huì )使很多人希望破滅。 e.g. Something like that really shatters your confidence. 那樣的事情會(huì )讓人的信心嚴重受挫。
3. 使非常驚愕;使受到極大打擊 If someone is shattered by an event, it shocks and upsets them very much.
e.g. He had been shattered by his son's death. 兒子的死讓他大受打擊。 e.g. ...the tragedy which had shattered his life. 給他的生活造成重創(chuàng )的悲劇
4. see also: shattered;shattering
shatter英英釋義
verb
1. break into many pieces
e.g. The wine glass shattered
2. cause to break into many pieces
e.g. shatter the plate
3. damage or destroy
e.g. The news of her husband's death shattered her life